Combined brace and rack for tents.



No. 761,582. PATBNTBD MAY 31, 1904.

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Patented May 31, 1904.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFF CE.v

EPHRAIM B. COBAUGH, OF MIDDLETOWN, PENNSYLVANIA.

COMBINED BRACE AND RACK FOR TENTS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 761,582, dated May 31,1904.

Application filed December 31, 1902. Serial No. 137,827. (No model.) I

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, EPHRAIM B. GoBAUeH,

' a citizen of the United States, residing at Middletown, in the countyof Dauphin and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and-use fulImprovements in Tents, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in combined bracesand racks for tents; and its object is to provide a brace which may bedetachably secured to the uprights or supports of a tent and which isprovided with suitable means whereby clothing,-

' firearms, and other articles may be readily suspended therefrom.

With the above and other objects in'view the invention consists in thenovel construction and combination of parts hereinafter more fullydescribed and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings,showing the preferred form of my invention, and in which Figure 1 is aperspective View of the standards and cross-bar of a tent and showing myimproved brace-bar in position thereon, the position of the tent inrelation to the supports, &c., being disclosed in dotted lines. Fig. 2is a detail view of the upper portion of I one of the supports andshowing the adjacent ends ofthe uprights 1.

ends of the cross-bar and brace-rod detached. Fig. 3 is a perspectiveview of a portion of the brace-bar shown in inverted position.

Referring to the figures by numerals of reference, l 1 are uprights of atent, to the upper end of one of which is hinged a cross-bar 2, having atongue 3 at each end adapted to rest within grooves 4, formed in theupper These uprights and the cross-bar are adapted to support-a tent ofany suitable form, and the uprights are braced in vertical position bymeans of a rod 5. Dovetails 6 are preferably formed at the ends of thisrod, and each is adapted tobe seated in a tapered groove 7 V-shaped incross-section and formed within a casting 8, secured to the inner faceof standard 1. It will be understood that when the ends of the bracerodare placed within these grooves 7 and drawn downward thereinto the twouprights 1 will be firmly secured together and braced.

A series of hooks 9 are secured to one or both of the sides of brace-bar5, and bolts 10' which may be placed rifles, fishing-rods, &c.

Clothing, baskets, and other similar articles may be suspended from thehooks 9, before referred to.

In the foregoing description I have shown the preferred form of myinvention; but I do not limit myself thereto, as I am aware thatmodifications may be made therein without departing from the spirit orsacrificing any of the advantages thereof, and I therefore reserve theright to make such changes as fairly fall within the scope of myinvention.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is 1 Thecombination with the standards of a tent and a cross-bar detachablyconnecting the same; of a holding device upon each standard and having atapered dovetail groove therein, a brace-rod arranged between thestandards, dovetails integral therewith and adapted to be seated withinthe grooved holding devices, a strip centrally pivoted to the bracerodand having its ends upwardly curved to form brackets, said ends beingadapted to be swung at angles to the-brace-rods, and hooks extendingfrom the rod.

In testimony whereof I afliX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EPHRAIM B. GOBAUGH.

Witnesses:

J OHN B. LINGLE, CATHARINE FARRINGTON.

